Evening, music to paint to
Turpentine: Restarted the portrait as decided at the 60 mile point yesterday. Unfortunately, I can’t show this one, so I’ll talk about music instead.
Albinoni: Adagio in G- cond: Herbert Von Karajan.
My copy of this is on LP, bought second-hand in about 1990. There was a glut of classical LPs as people "upgraded" to CD around that time. They were all in beautiful condition, clearly fastidiously looked after by previous owners. Anyway, Adagio in G is a well known established piece, but this version is magical. It has all the power, tension and swings in rhythm that carried me away this evening. I was so moved. It left me gently shivering at the end.
Luckily the next few pieces on the first side are good too and follow on well: (the Vivaldi :Concerti for Flute and Strings, and Bach’s Orchestral Suites). They both fit in on well so let you back down to earth by the end of side..
Luckily the next few pieces on the first side are good too and follow on well: (the Vivaldi :Concerti for Flute and Strings, and Bach’s Orchestral Suites). They both fit in on well so let you back down to earth by the end of side..
I’d better to, I have that slightly sick feeling in my throat from the strong smell of turps in this room.
Micycle 
Wonderful music. I have a copy of Karajan’s recording of Albioni’s Adagio in G, but it doesn’t have anything by Gluck or Bach. It does have the best recording I’ve heard of Corelli’s Christmas concerto. Karajan’s interpretations are slow and stately, and now when I hear these pieces conducted by someone else, they sound hurried.
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